Additive colour system starts with darkness. Light source from various wavelength is added in various proportion to produce a range of colours. Additive colour theory describes how we perceive color and how they are created. It is essentially colour created … Continue reading →

Johannes Itten was a Swiss painter, designer and teacher born in 1888 – 1967. Itten was one of the first people to identify strategies for successful colour combinations resulting in striking colours and contrast. His teaching explained seven methods for … Continue reading →

Professor Albert H Munsell created the Munsell colour system. It is a colour space that separates colour dimension into 3 areas; hue, value and chroma. Hue measured by degrees around the horizontal circle. Each horizontal circle is divided into … Continue reading →

Colour is an essential part of how we experience the world both emotionally and culturally. In 1810 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; a German writer, artist and politician published a book titled Theory of Colours. He focused on the psychological aspect of … Continue reading →

Isaac Newton is an English physicist and mathematician; his work was influential in many key areas, which include the law of motion, the law of gravity and his contribution to optic. In 1672 he published the theory on spectrum of … Continue reading →

A rainbow is an optical phenomenon; it is visible whenever there are droplets of water in the air and sunlight shining from behind. In about 300 BC a Greek philosopher Aristotle devoted much time understanding the theory of rainbow formation. … Continue reading →